Elderly people and crime

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 199-204

  Lindesay, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; OFFENDER; PRISON; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

EID: 0029783608     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0959259800004664     Document Type: Review

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